Bill Text: NY A01080 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment for agricultural representation on the state fire prevention and building code council.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-05 - RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY [A01080 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01080-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1080--B
                                                                 Cal. No. 34

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER, STIRPE, LUPARDO, CRUZ, ZINERMAN, JONES,
          BRABENEC,  ANGELINO,  BYRNES,  MILLER,   SAYEGH,   TAGUE,   MANKTELOW,
          J. M. GIGLIO, LEMONDES, COOK, GOODELL, RAGA, BUTTENSCHON, SANTABARBARA
          --  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
          -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly  and  delivered  to
          the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the order of third reading
          -- ordered to a third reading -- passed by Assembly and  delivered  to
          the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended,
          ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place on the special order of third
          reading

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  the  appointment  for
          agricultural  representation on the state fire prevention and building
          code council

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 374 of the executive law, as added
     2  by  chapter 707 of the laws of 1981, the opening paragraph as amended by
     3  chapter 309 of the laws of 1996, paragraph a as amended by  chapter  374
     4  of  the laws of 2022, and subdivision c as amended by chapter 920 of the
     5  laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
     6    1. There is hereby created and established in the department of  state
     7  a  council,  to  be known as the state fire prevention and building code
     8  council. Such council shall consist of the secretary of state, as chair-
     9  man, the state fire administrator and [fifteen] sixteen other members to
    10  be appointed as follows:
    11    a. Two members, to be  appointed  by  the  governor,  from  among  the
    12  commissioners  of the departments of economic development, environmental
    13  conservation, corrections and community supervision, education,  health,
    14  labor,  mental  health  and social services, office of general services,
    15  division of housing and community renewal, the president of the New York

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  state energy research and development authority, and the  superintendent
     2  of financial services.
     3    b.  Six members, to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be
     4  an elected official of a city with a population over one million, one of
     5  whom shall be an elected official of another city with a population over
     6  one hundred thousand, one of whom shall be an elected  official  of  any
     7  other city, one of whom shall be an elected county official, one of whom
     8  shall  be  an elected town official, and one of whom shall be an elected
     9  village official.
    10    c. [Seven] Eight members, to be appointed by  the  governor  with  the
    11  advice  and  consent  of the senate, one of whom shall be a fire service
    12  official, one of whom shall be a registered architect, one of whom shall
    13  be a professional engineer, one of whom  shall  be  a  code  enforcement
    14  official, one of whom shall represent builders, one of whom shall repre-
    15  sent  trade  unions, one of whom shall represent agricultural producers,
    16  and one of whom shall be a  person  with  a  disability  as  defined  in
    17  section  two hundred ninety-two of this chapter who would directly bene-
    18  fit from the provisions of article thirteen of the  state  uniform  fire
    19  prevention  and building code. The registered architect and professional
    20  engineer shall be duly licensed to practice their respective professions
    21  in the state of New York. After the certification  of  code  enforcement
    22  personnel  pursuant  to this chapter shall have begun said code enforce-
    23  ment official shall be so certified.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.